NUR 101 CHAPTER 7 ASEPSIS AND INFECTION CONTROL WORKSHEET

NUR 101 CHAPTER 7 ASEPSIS AND INFECTION CONTROL WORKSHEETTotal Points: 35 Points One (1) point each 1. What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis? Medical Asepsis is also known as clean technique and is used in many daily arctivities. Surgical Asepsis aka sterile technique and is used in operations, invasive procedures and urinary catheter insertion. 2. List the six elements of the cycle that enable a microorganism to be transported and be effective in continuing contamination. Infections Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of transmission, Portal of Entry, Host 3. Anthrax infection can occur in what three forms? Cutaneous, Gastrointestinal, and Inhalation 4. How may a virus gain entrance into the body? Through various portals such as the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract, and broken skin. Through a mosquito bite and needlestick. 5. When an inflammation becomes systemic, what signs besides edema, rubor, heat, and pain develop Fever, Leukocytosis, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and lymph node enlargement 6. What factors affect a person’s immunologic defense mechanisms? Chemotherapy, Diagnostic procedures, Disease processes, Environmental factors, Fatigue, Hereditary factors, Increasing age and extreme youth, Lifestyle, Medical therapy, Nutritional status, Occupation, radiation, Stress, trauma, Travel history. PN 101 College Lab Asepsis and Infection Control Worksheet 8.20 7. Describe the goals of the CDC guidelines for Transmission-Based Precautions in hospitals. To interrupt the chain of infection and reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials. 8. List the principles of sterile technique. A sterile object remains sterile only when touched exclusively by other sterile objects. Place sterile objects on a sterile field. A sterile field out of the range of vision, or an object held below a person’s waist is contaminated. A sterile object or field becomes contaminated by prolonged exposure to air. When a sterile surface comes in contact with a wet, contaminated surface, the sterile object or field becomes contaminated. Fluid flows in the direction of gravity. Consider the edges of a sterile field or container to be contaminated. 9. What determines the method of sterilization or disinfection? The type of microorganism present, how many microorganisms may be present, the type of item that must be disinfected and sterilized. 10. Name possible nursing diagnoses for patients susceptible to or affected by an infection. Compromised Tissue Integrity Potential for Infection Social Seclusion